Percentage cover
What Percentage cover means in Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Percentage cover
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
An estimate of abundance made in quadrats, and processed with means and simple graphs to link distribution and abundance to abiotic factors.
Topics that use Percentage cover
- Topic 5: On the Wild Side (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Abiotic factors
- Abundance
- Allele frequency
- Allopatric speciation
- Anthropogenic causes of climate change
- ATP as universal energy currency
- Biomass units
- Biotic factors
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